כְּלִמָּה
kĕlimmâ
insult
Strong's H3639NounHebrewTWOT 987a

כְּלִמָּה (kĕlimmâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning insult. It appears 30 times in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3639).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 987a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 987a)insult, reproach, ignominy; disgrace; confusion, dishonour, shame
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

כְּלִמָּה noun, feminine: insult, reproach, ignominy

Strong's H3639 כְּלִמָּה: disgrace
KJV:confusion, dishonour, reproach, shame.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 987: כָּלַם kālam — be humiliated, humiliate; ashamed, put to shame, dishonoured, confounded; insult, exhibit shame; wound, taunt; blush, be put to confusion, hurt, reproach, shame

See it in Scripture

Job 20:3Psalms 35:26Proverbs 18:13

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